If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”
Parallel translations
- WEB It shall be, if you go with us, yes, it shall be, that whatever good Yahweh does to us, we will do the same to you.”
- KJV And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
- NKJV And it shall be, if you go with us—indeed it shall be—that whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same we will do to you.”
- NASB So it will be, if you go with us, that whatever good the Lord does for us, we will do for you.”
- NLT If you do, we’ll share with you all the blessings the Lord gives us.”
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Quick answer
Moses promises that whatever good God gives Israel, they will share with Hobab. Covenant blessing is offered to him generously.
Overview
Moses assures Hobab that he would partake in all the good God would do for Israel. This generous pledge embodies the principle that those who join God's people share in His blessings, a foretaste of the gospel welcome extended to all who come to Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Judg 1:16Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
- Deut 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Ps 22:27–31All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Ps 67:5–7Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
- 1 Jn 1:3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
- Judg 4:11Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
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